diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 1255c66..51a7380 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         version:
-          - '1.0'
+          - '1.6'
           - '1'
           - 'nightly'
         os:
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 99bb761..d004c61 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,17 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 <!-- ## [Unreleased] -->
 
+## [2.16.0] - 2023-11-08
+### Added
+- "Soft" scoping rules (see e.g. https://github.com/JuliaLang/SoftGlobalScope.jl) are now
+  available for code execution (markdown and notebook output). This is enabled by default
+  for Jupyter notebook output (to mimic how the IJulia kernel works), and disabled
+  otherwise. Soft scope rules can be enabled/disabled with the `softscope :: Bool`
+  configuration variable. ([#227][github-227], [#230][github-230])
+### Changed
+- The minimum Julia version requirement for Literate >= 2.16.0 is now 1.6.0 (from 1.0.0).
+  ([#230][github-230])
+
 ## [2.15.1] - 2023-11-08
 ### Fixed
 - Fix a bug where `Literate.markdown` with `execute=true` would (try to) output images in
@@ -266,10 +277,13 @@ https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-literate-jl/10651 for release announcement
 [github-221]: https://github.com/fredrikekre/Literate.jl/pull/221
 [github-222]: https://github.com/fredrikekre/Literate.jl/issues/222
 [github-223]: https://github.com/fredrikekre/Literate.jl/pull/223
+[github-227]: https://github.com/fredrikekre/Literate.jl/issues/227
 [github-228]: https://github.com/fredrikekre/Literate.jl/issues/228
 [github-229]: https://github.com/fredrikekre/Literate.jl/pull/229
+[github-230]: https://github.com/fredrikekre/Literate.jl/pull/230
 
-[Unreleased]: https://github.com/fredrikekre/Literate.jl/compare/v2.15.1...HEAD
+[Unreleased]: https://github.com/fredrikekre/Literate.jl/compare/v2.16.0...HEAD
+[2.16.0]: https://github.com/fredrikekre/Literate.jl/compare/v2.15.1...v2.16.0
 [2.15.1]: https://github.com/fredrikekre/Literate.jl/compare/v2.15.0...v2.15.1
 [2.15.0]: https://github.com/fredrikekre/Literate.jl/compare/v2.14.2...v2.15.0
 [2.14.2]: https://github.com/fredrikekre/Literate.jl/compare/v2.14.1...v2.14.2
diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index 2599739..c869e9e 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name = "Literate"
 uuid = "98b081ad-f1c9-55d3-8b20-4c87d4299306"
-version = "2.15.1"
+version = "2.16.0"
 
 [deps]
 Base64 = "2a0f44e3-6c83-55bd-87e4-b1978d98bd5f"
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ JSON = "682c06a0-de6a-54ab-a142-c8b1cf79cde6"
 REPL = "3fa0cd96-eef1-5676-8a61-b3b8758bbffb"
 
 [compat]
-Base64 = "<0.0.1, 1"
+Base64 = "1"
 IOCapture = "0.2"
 JSON = "0.18, 0.19, 0.20, 0.21, 1"
-REPL = "<0.0.1, 1"
-julia = "1"
+REPL = "1"
+julia = "1.6"
 
 [extras]
 DisplayAs = "0b91fe84-8a4c-11e9-3e1d-67c38462b6d6"
diff --git a/docs/Manifest.toml b/docs/Manifest.toml
index d43c01f..16e04cc 100644
--- a/docs/Manifest.toml
+++ b/docs/Manifest.toml
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ uuid = "37e2e46d-f89d-539d-b4ee-838fcccc9c8e"
 deps = ["Base64", "IOCapture", "JSON", "REPL"]
 path = ".."
 uuid = "98b081ad-f1c9-55d3-8b20-4c87d4299306"
-version = "2.15.1"
+version = "2.16.0"
 
 [[LogExpFunctions]]
 deps = ["DocStringExtensions", "IrrationalConstants", "LinearAlgebra"]
diff --git a/src/Literate.jl b/src/Literate.jl
index f12440c..071fa17 100644
--- a/src/Literate.jl
+++ b/src/Literate.jl
@@ -312,6 +312,7 @@ function create_configuration(inputfile; user_config, user_kwargs, type=nothing)
     cfg["flavor"] = type === (:md) ? DocumenterFlavor() : DefaultFlavor()
     cfg["credit"] = true
     cfg["mdstrings"] = false
+    cfg["softscope"] = type === (:nb) ? true : false # on for Jupyter notebooks
     cfg["keep_comments"] = false
     cfg["execute"] = type === :md ? false : true
     cfg["codefence"] = get(user_config, "flavor", cfg["flavor"]) isa DocumenterFlavor &&
@@ -408,6 +409,8 @@ Available options:
 - `devurl` (default: `"dev"`): URL for "in-development" docs, see [Documenter docs]
   (https://juliadocs.github.io/Documenter.jl/). Unused if `repo_root_url`/
   `nbviewer_root_url`/`binder_root_url` are set.
+- `softscope` (default: `true` for Jupyter notebooks, `false` otherwise): enable/disable
+  "soft" scoping rules when executing, see e.g. https://github.com/JuliaLang/SoftGlobalScope.jl.
 - `repo_root_url`: URL to the root of the repository. Determined automatically on Travis CI,
   GitHub Actions and GitLab CI. Used for `@__REPO_ROOT_URL__`.
 - `nbviewer_root_url`: URL to the root of the repository as seen on nbviewer. Determined
@@ -580,6 +583,7 @@ function markdown(inputfile, outputdir=pwd(); config::AbstractDict=Dict(), kwarg
                                       flavor=config["flavor"],
                                       image_formats=config["image_formats"],
                                       file_prefix="$(config["name"])-$(chunknum)",
+                                      softscope=config["softscope"],
                     )
                 end
             end
@@ -597,9 +601,10 @@ end
 
 function execute_markdown!(io::IO, sb::Module, block::String, outputdir;
                            inputfile::String, fake_source::String,
-                           flavor::AbstractFlavor, image_formats::Vector, file_prefix::String)
+                           flavor::AbstractFlavor, image_formats::Vector, file_prefix::String,
+                           softscope::Bool)
     # TODO: Deal with explicit display(...) calls
-    r, str, _ = execute_block(sb, block; inputfile=inputfile, fake_source=fake_source)
+    r, str, _ = execute_block(sb, block; inputfile=inputfile, fake_source=fake_source, softscope=softscope)
     # issue #101: consecutive codefenced blocks need newline
     # issue #144: quadruple backticks allow for triple backticks in the output
     plain_fence = "\n````\n" =>  "\n````"
@@ -734,7 +739,8 @@ function jupyter_notebook(chunks, config)
         try
             cd(config["literate_outputdir"]) do
                 nb = execute_notebook(nb; inputfile=config["literate_inputfile"],
-                                          fake_source=config["literate_outputfile"])
+                                          fake_source=config["literate_outputfile"],
+                                          softscope=config["softscope"])
             end
         catch err
             @error "error when executing notebook based on input file: " *
@@ -745,7 +751,7 @@ function jupyter_notebook(chunks, config)
     return nb
 end
 
-function execute_notebook(nb; inputfile::String, fake_source::String)
+function execute_notebook(nb; inputfile::String, fake_source::String, softscope::Bool)
     sb = sandbox()
     execution_count = 0
     for cell in nb["cells"]
@@ -753,7 +759,7 @@ function execute_notebook(nb; inputfile::String, fake_source::String)
         execution_count += 1
         cell["execution_count"] = execution_count
         block = join(cell["source"])
-        r, str, display_dicts = execute_block(sb, block; inputfile=inputfile, fake_source=fake_source)
+        r, str, display_dicts = execute_block(sb, block; inputfile=inputfile, fake_source=fake_source, softscope=softscope)
 
         # str should go into stream
         if !isempty(str)
@@ -835,7 +841,7 @@ function Base.display(ld::LiterateDisplay, mime::MIME, x)
 end
 
 # Execute a code-block in a module and capture stdout/stderr and the result
-function execute_block(sb::Module, block::String; inputfile::String, fake_source::String)
+function execute_block(sb::Module, block::String; inputfile::String, fake_source::String, softscope::Bool)
     @debug """execute_block($sb, block)
     ```
     $(block)
@@ -851,7 +857,11 @@ function execute_block(sb::Module, block::String; inputfile::String, fake_source
     # `rethrow = Union{}` means that we try-catch all the exceptions thrown in the do-block
     # and return them via the return value (they get handled below).
     c = IOCapture.capture(rethrow = Union{}) do
-        include_string(sb, block, fake_source)
+        if softscope
+            include_string(REPL.softscope, sb, block, fake_source)
+        else
+            include_string(sb, block, fake_source)
+        end
     end
     popdisplay(disp) # IOCapture.capture has a try-catch so should always end up here
     if c.error
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index d56f304..419838f 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -905,6 +905,27 @@ end end
             Literate.markdown(inputfile, relpath(outdir); execute=true,
                               flavor=Literate.CommonMarkFlavor())
             @test read(joinpath(outdir, "inputfile-1.svg"), String) == "issue228"
+
+            # Softscope
+            write(
+                inputfile,
+                """
+                ret = 0
+                for k = 1:10
+                    ret += k
+                end
+                println("ret = ", ret)
+                """
+            )
+            Literate.markdown(inputfile, outdir; execute=true, softscope=true)
+            @test occursin("ret = 55", read(joinpath(outdir, "inputfile.md"), String))
+            ## Disabled softscope
+            try
+                Literate.markdown(inputfile, outdir; execute=true, softscope=false)
+                error("unreachable")
+            catch err
+                @test occursin(r"`?ret`? not defined", sprint(Base.showerror, err))
+            end
         end # cd(sandbox)
     end # mktemp
 end end
@@ -1319,8 +1340,29 @@ end end
             @test keys(cellout[1]["data"]) == Set(("text/latex",))
             @test cellout[1]["data"]["text/latex"] == "DF(4) as text/latex"
             @test !haskey(cellout[1], "execution_count")
-        end
-    end
+
+            # Softscope
+            write(
+                inputfile,
+                """
+                ret = 0
+                for k = 1:10
+                    ret += k
+                end
+                println("ret = ", ret)
+                """
+            )
+            Literate.notebook(inputfile, outdir)
+            @test occursin("ret = 55", read(joinpath(outdir, "inputfile.ipynb"), String))
+            ## Disabled softscope
+            try
+                Literate.notebook(inputfile, outdir; softscope=false)
+                error("unreachable")
+            catch err
+                @test occursin(r"`?ret`? not defined", sprint(Base.showerror, err))
+            end
+        end # cd(sandbox)
+    end # mktempdir
 end end
 
 @testset "Configuration" begin; Base.CoreLogging.with_logger(Base.CoreLogging.NullLogger()) do